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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 19, 2016 a TV ad
Says Bernie Sanders "fundamentally changed the lives" of Immokalee farm workers in Florida for the better.  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 5, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2016 an interview with the New York Times
China is "in the South China Sea and (building) a military fortress the likes of which perhaps the world has not seen."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • April 4, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 27, 2016 an interview with the New York Times
"We’ve rebuilt China."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • April 4, 2016
Californians for Lower Drug Prices
Californians for Lower Drug Prices
stated on March 21, 2016 a press release
"Twenty-seven out-of-state pharmaceutical companies have raised more campaign dollars (against a drug price control measure) than all other state ballot measures have raised to date, combined."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • April 4, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 3, 2016 comments on Meet the Press
"I have now put out all of my emails."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 3, 2016
Your Choice Colorado
Your Choice Colorado
stated on March 16, 2016 a TV ad
Expanding the sale of full-strength beer and wine to grocery stores is "good for everybody."  
Half-True
By Alan Gathright • April 1, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on March 26, 2016 a list of rebuttals to criticism over the law
Despite the passage of HB2, "towns, cities and counties in North Carolina are still allowed to set stricter non-discrimination policies for their own employees if they choose."
Half-True
By Will Doran • March 31, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on March 26, 2016 a list of rebuttals to criticism over the law
"Will (HB2) threaten federal funding for public schools under Title IX? No, according to a federal court which has looked at a similar issue."
Half-True
By Will Doran • March 29, 2016
Stephen Zappala
Stephen Zappala
stated on March 22, 2016 in a new ad.
Stephen Zappala is "the only DA in our state to convict an on-duty police officer of criminal homicide."
Half-True
By Anna Orso • March 28, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 15, 2016 a political ad for Bernie 2016
"The Trans-Pacific trade deal could cost America 448,000 more jobs."  
Half-True
By Nadia Pflaum • March 24, 2016
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on March 14, 2016 speaking to reporters
Texas "had the highest level of turnout than ever before in the primary."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 24, 2016
Romney allies
Romney allies
stated on March 18, 2016 The New York Times
Mitt Romney did not "endorse" Ted Cruz, even though he said he is voting for Cruz and urged others to do likewise.  
Half-True
By Jim Tharpe • March 24, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 21, 2016 a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee
"During the last five years, Iran has perpetrated terror attacks in 25 different countries on five continents."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2016
Kip Kendrick
Kip Kendrick
stated on February 4, 2016 a League of Women Voters Town Hall meeting
"Requiring photo ID would keep about 200,000 Missourians from voting."
Half-True
By Katie Moeller • March 21, 2016
Jennifer Horn
Jennifer Horn
stated on March 16, 2016 a press release
"For more than 80 years, there has not been a nomination and confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice in a presidential election year. This is simply not the time to break with decades of bipartisan practice."
Half-True
By Clay Wirestone • March 18, 2016
Gayle Smith
Gayle Smith
stated on March 9, 2016 a speech on Capitol Hill
As a sign of "extraordinary progress," "there are half as many (primary-age) children out of school today as there were 15 years ago."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 17, 2016
Roy Zimmerman
Roy Zimmerman
stated on March 13, 2016 a YouTube video
"Republicans control the U.S. Senate with 54 seats, but those 54 senators were elected by only two-thirds the number of voters who elected the Democrats. In the Senate, the majority party represents a minority of the people."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 17, 2016
Bill McCoshen
Bill McCoshen
stated on March 11, 2016 a talk show
Says when Bernie Sanders was in college, Sanders said "something very similar" to what conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley had written as a college student in the 1990s -- that "women have a legitimate role in date rape."
Half-True
March 17, 2016
Emma Watson
Emma Watson
stated on February 24, 2016 an interview with Gloria Steinem
"More lives are lost from violence against women, sex-selective abortion, female infanticide, suicide, egregious maternal mortality, and other sex-linked causes than were lost during all of the wars and civil strife of the 20th century."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • March 15, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on March 9, 2016 a post on his Facebook page
"Roy Cooper won't say how he will pay for ‘free’ college tuition."
Half-True
By Will Doran • March 14, 2016
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